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.Dd May 11, 2016
.Dt PPSINFO 3PROC
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm Ppsinfo
.Nd get process ps information
.Sh LIBRARY
.Lb libproc
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In libproc.h
.Ft "const psinfo_t *"
.Fo Ppsinfo
.Fa "struct ps_prochandle *P"
.Fc
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn Ppsinfo
function returns the process handle
.Fa P Ns 's
.Xr ps 1
information.
The
.Sy psinfo_t
structure that is returned is defined in
.Xr proc 5
and is valid until a subsequent call to
.Xr Prelease 3PROC .
.Sh RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion, the
.Fn Ppsinfo
function returns a pointer to the process ps information.
Otherwise,
.Dv NULL
is returned to indicate that it could not be found.
.Sh INTERFACE STABILITY
.Sy Uncommitted
.Sh MT-LEVEL
See
.Sy LOCKING
in
.Xr libproc 3LIB .
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr ps 1 ,
.Xr libproc 3LIB ,
.Xr Prelease 3PROC ,
.Xr proc 5
